Sean Lengell

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U.S. army soliders from 4/42 Field Artillery Battalion march during a transfer ceremony in the heavily fortified Green Zone area March 4, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty images)

National Security

President should consider using ground troops against ISIS: Buck McKeon

Sean Lengell · September 10, 2014 6:07 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he supports President Obama's strategy for fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria because "the president knows how to destroy terrorists." (AP Photo)

National Security

Harry Reid: Obama ‘knows how to destroy terrorists’

Sean Lengell · September 10, 2014 2:42 pm

"The spread of radicalized Islam is a global epidemic and our national objective must be to defeat and destroy" the Islamic State, said a statement released by House Speaker John Boehner's office. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Boehner expresses support for ‘certain’ White House options to combat Islamic State

Sean Lengell · September 9, 2014 10:46 pm

McConnell and other congressional leaders met with President Obama in July to discuss foreign affairs. (Getty images/Chip Somodevilla)

National Security

McConnell: President should ask Congress before bombing Islamic State

Sean Lengell · September 9, 2014 8:17 pm

A new special committee chaired byÃÂ Rep. Trey GowdyÃÂ created to investigate the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, will hold its first public hearing next week, the panel announced Monday.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Benghazi panel to hold first hearing next week

Sean Lengell · September 8, 2014 7:02 pm

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, right, speaks alongside his wife, Janay, during a news conference at the team's practice facility in Owings Mills, Md. A new video that appears to show Ray Rice striking then-fiance Janay Palmer in an elevator last February has been released on a website. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Sen. Blumenthal: Ravens’ Ray Rice should face tougher penalty

Sean Lengell · September 8, 2014 5:11 pm

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to workers during his visit to the Ilich Iron and Steel Works in the southern coastal town of Mariupol, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Members of Congress are requesting the opportunity to hear from Poroshenko in a joint session. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko, Pool)

National Security

Senators press for Ukrainian president to address joint session of Congress

Sean Lengell · September 8, 2014 4:19 pm

The Obama administration will face a friendly audence at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where 11 of the active judges were appointed by Democratic presidents. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Court hands White House important win on Obamacare

Sean Lengell · September 4, 2014 5:58 pm

Sen. Bill Nelson says the United States should waste no time hitting back at the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the terrorist group that claimed Tuesday to have executed American journalist Steven Sotloff. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Bill Nelson: U.S. the ‘only one’ who can stop ISIS

Sean Lengell · September 2, 2014 7:22 pm

Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, in this June 16, 2014 file photo. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

Lawmakers: U.S. must act now to stop ISIS

Sean Lengell · September 2, 2014 9:10 am

Charlie Crist smiles during his victory party on Tuesday. He is the first person to win the Florida nomination for governor as both a Republican and a Democrat. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

How Democrats came to like Charlie Crist

Sean Lengell · September 1, 2014 9:00 am

The U.S. Capitol dome is reflected in the pool around the Capitol visitors center earlier this year. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Congress: Yes to pork, no to cutting debt

Sean Lengell · August 28, 2014 9:00 am